Economics and Business

Ethos of the Department

Economics and Business Studies is taught jointly at A-Level with students from QEGS. The Department is based at QEGS, with teaching delivered jointly by specialist teaching staff from both QEGS and WGHS.

The Department seeks to help to contribute to the QEGS and WGHS ethos of providing a holistic approach to education. Economics & Business Studies are currently only taught at Key Stage 5 but the Department contributes to the raising of enterprise awareness through a range of enterprise days throughout the schools.

More generally, we seek to enhance the knowledge and skills profile of every student involved, and to enrich their understanding of their place in the wider economy of Wakefield, West Yorkshire and the UK. Fundamentally, we aspire to cultivate a passion amongst our student body for economic understanding and an appreciation of the pivotal role of business within our society.

Specific skills we seek to develop include:

Economic and business awareness – who the businesses are, how they operate and their role in the wider economy